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Muncie, Delaware County Take Step Toward Consolidation
City, County Officials Vote Unanimously For Merger
June 15, 2011 

MUNCIE, Ind. -- Delaware County and Muncie took a big step Tuesday night toward consolidation.

City and county officials voted unanimously in favor of the merger. The bill would eliminate the mayor and county commissioners, along with both councils. 

They would be replaced by a city council and an elected county executive. 

“In this day and age, I don’t think that this county of 114,000 people needs 20 people in executive and legislative positions running this size of a county,” said Muncie City Councilor Linda Gregory. 

Voters will decide the fate of the proposal in a referendum in 2012. It will require 66 percent approval to move forward. 

The reorganization effort began in 2008, when more than 2,200 people signed a petition requesting local government to consolidate. 

For more information about the Muncie-Delaware County consolidation plan, visit www.mundelreorg.org. 

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